Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: It's so easy..
From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:47:36 -0500
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Hi Ted:

I haven't tried the Velvet Fine Art yet.  Maybe I will because the 
Enhanced Matte paper results didn't appeal to me.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com


Ted Grant wrote:

> Jim Hemenway offered:
> 
> 
>>P.S. You might consider not buying any more matte black and trying
>>Ilford Smooth Pearl paper instead.<<<<<
> 
> 
> Hi Jim,
> We use the Smooth Pearl paper for colour printing and Photo Black ink with
> the colour inks and it works beautifully.
> 
> However, all our fine art printing is on Epson Velvet Fine Art 13 X 19 paper
> and it sucks ink up like going over Niagara Falls. :-( But man it makes
> beautiful prints.
> 
> And we print 8 1/2 X 11 B&W prints on Enhanced matte paper and some 11.7 X
> 16.5 also on the same paper, so we have to stay with the Matte Black for
> best print look and the gradations it gives. One can't beat scanned Leica
> negs with this paper and matte Black ink as it produces phenomenal quality
> prints.
> 
> ted
> 


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